blundur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse blundur, related to blindr (“blind”); both are from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. See also Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (blinds), Old English blind.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blundur m (genitive singular blunds, nominative plural blundir)
- nap (short period of sleep)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- blunda (“to nap, to doze”)
References
[edit]- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “455”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 455